Be the Best You Can Be—Quicker

By |May 2nd, 2012|

By Nina Johnson 160 May - June - 2012 You know the feeling: you walk into your first meeting, you don’t know anyone, you’re not sure what to say or do, and everyone but you [...]

The Co-operative Decade: What Will YOU Do?

By |May 2nd, 2012|

Dame Pauline Green, President International Cooperative Alliance, United Kingdom   Dame Green takes us through the key components of the Cooperative Decade, as laid out in the ICA's Blueprint For a Cooperative Decade and challenges cooperators [...]

Cooperatives are Good for Cities

By |April 16th, 2012|

Russ Wille, Community Development Director City of St. Peter, MN   Another successful tale of cities and co-ops cooperating to everyone's benefit.  Mr. Wille takes us through the types of aid that were made available [...]

IYC 2012 and Beyond: The Cooperative Decade

By |April 1st, 2012|

Charles Gould, Director-General International Cooperative Alliance   Geneva, Switzerland   Mr. Gould is looking a little further out than 2012.  He sees IYC as a springboard into growing the cooperative business model for decades to come.

Cooperatives: The Seeds of Change and Growth

By |March 31st, 2012|

Jon-Michael Muise, Area Director of Rural Development US Department of Agriculture    Mr. Muise shares what he sees as the role of cooperatives in actualizing positive change in the marketplace.